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ArticleNature communications2026

Strongly-coordinating organoborates with eccentric solvation structure enable secondary calcium metal battery.

Siyuan Li, Jiahui Zhang, Fanbin Meng, Hao Cheng, Yuxiang Niu, Wei Zhang, Chuankai Fu, Yupeng Zhu, Yu Wendy Zhang, Lei Fan and 2 more

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Siyuan Li *Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. siyuanli@nus.edu.sg.
Jiahui Zhang *Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing for Functional Chemicals, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Fanbin Meng *Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Hao ChengZhejiang Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing for Functional Chemicals, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. bob_hao@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1031-8357
Yuxiang NiuDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Chuankai FuDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-0916
Yupeng ZhuDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Yu Wendy ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Lei FanDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2509-6198
Gang WuInstitute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0055-0200
Wei ChenDepartment of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. phycw@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-3585

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Ministry of Education - Singapore (MOE) MOE-T2EP10224-0002National Research Foundation Singapore (National Research Foundation-Prime Minister's office, Republic of Singapore) NRF-NRFI08-2022-0009
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Abstract

Rechargeable calcium (Ca) metal batteries are promising candidates for next-generation energy storage owing to calcium's abundance, divalent charge and low redox potential. However, achieving reversible Ca plating/stripping at room temperature remains challenging due to sluggish desolvation kinetics and unstable interfacial chemistry. Here, we design a class of reversible calcium electrolytes using eccentric solvation structure strategy by introducing strongly coordinating monovalent organoborates into calcium-based electrolytes. The tetra(trifluoroethanoloxy)-borate anion enables participation in the primary solvation sheath, while monovalent cations promote the formation of eccentric solvation structures via anion bridging. This solvation environment lowers both the solvation sheath reorganization energy and desolvation energy barrier of Ca

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